MANILA — The Philippines accused Chinese maritime officials on Oct 4 of carrying out an 'unjustified assault' on Vietnamese fishermen in the contested waters of the South China Sea, adding its voice to a fraught dispute over the confrontation.
China uses a so-called nine-dash line that takes in about 90 per cent of the South China Sea to assert its claim to sovereignty.MANILA — The Philippines accused Chinese maritime officials on Oct 4 of carrying out an "unjustified assault" on Vietnamese fishermen in the contested waters of the South China Sea, adding its voice to a fraught dispute over the confrontation.
Other recent run-ins between China and the Philippines, a US treaty ally, have made the highly strategic South China Sea a potential flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. The Philippines and Vietnam also have overlapping claims on islands in the South China Sea, but both agreed in August to work more closely together and resolve disagreements peacefully.Encounters have become more frequent in the past year as Beijing presses its claims and Manila refuses to halt fishing and resupply activities for Philippine military personnel at two contested shoals.
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